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GAJENDRA PRATAP SINGH, PH.D. Laser Biomedical Research Center
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Research Interests:
Biophotonics: Confocal Raman spectroscopy, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), Confocal reflectance imaging, Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, Fluorescence spectroscopy
Ph.D. (Biophotonics, Summa Cum Laude), July 2006
Thesis title: Raman Microspectroscopy of Optically Trapped Cells.
ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques & Department of Electronics Engineering,
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain.
Master of Science (Biotechnology), June 2002
Thesis title: The Expression, Purification, and Characterization of the
Molecular Chaperonins GroEL and GroES of Escherichia coli. (CDFD-Centre
for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India).
Department of Biotechnology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India.
Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engineering), June 1999
College of Technology, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology,
Pantnagar, India.
Professional Certificates
Challenges of Leadership in Teams, July 2008
MIT Professional Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
Professional Experience:
Postdoctoral Associate, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, FAU, FL, USA.
Doctoral candidate, Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
Visiting Researcher, Dept. of Pure & Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Visiting Researcher, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany.
Visiting Researcher, Department of Materials, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
Project Assistant, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Trainee Engineer, Escorts Yamaha Motors Limited, Noida, India.
Professional memberships: SIGMA-XI, Coblentz Society, SPIE, Secretary and Founding member of the ICFO-OSA Student Chapter, Barcelona, Spain (Optical Society of America Excellence Award 2006).
Honors and Awards:
Coblentz Society Student Award, USA; 2006-2007.
BE scholarship, AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain; July-Sep 2005.
ICFO-UPC fellowship, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain; 2002-2006.
DBT scholarship, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India; 2000-2002.
National scholarship, Government of Uttar Pradesh, India; 1990-1992.
Co-Curricular activities and Hobbies:
Level A1 and A2 certificate courses in CATALAN language (2003-2004).
6 Months’ Certificate course in RUSSIAN language at Calicut University (2001-2002).
I rank in Calicut University English language elocution competition (2001-2002).
Certificate of Appreciation for taking part in a YOGA camp (1994-1995).
Languages: English, Hindi, Avadhi, Catalan, Spanish, Sanskrit, Urdu, and Russian (basic).
Hobbies: Cultural events, Yoga, Gym, Reading, Writing, Trekking, Music, Cinema.
Publications:
Peer-reviewed:
Singh GP, Barman I, Kong CR, Son H, Dasari RR, Feld MS. Shifted excitation Raman difference technique for blood analyte detection. 2008; in preparation.
Barman I, Singh GP, Dasari RR, Feld MS. Turbidity corrected Raman spectroscopy for blood analyte detection. 2008; submitted.
Volpe G, Singh GP, Petrov DV. Dynamics of a growing cell in an optical trap. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006; 88: 231106-231108.
Singh GP, Volpe G, Hijano RA, Petrov DV. Growth of Single Yeast Cells in an Optical Trap Monitored by Rayleigh and Raman Scattering. Proc. SPIE 2006; 632629: 84.
Dynamics of cell growth observed in an optical trap. Anal. Chem. (News) 2006; 78: 5944.
Volpe G, Singh GP, Büttner F, Drets AM, Petrov DV. Optical Trapping Dynamics for Cell Identification. Proc. SPIE 2006; 6326: 27.
Singh GP, Volpe G, Creely CM, Grötsch H, Geli IM, Petrov DV. The lag phase and G1 phase of a single yeast cell monitored by Raman microspectroscopy. J. Raman Spectrosc. 2006; 37: 858-864.
Creely CM, Singh GP, Volpe G, Petrov DV. Raman Spectroscopy on Floating Cells. Optics & Photonics News (OPN) end-of-year special issue, 20, “Optics in 2005”.
Singh GP, Creely CM, Volpe G, Grötsch H, Petrov DV. Raman spectroscopy of a single living cell in environmentally stressed conditions. Proc. SPIE 2005; 5930: 32-42.
Creely CM, Volpe G, Singh GP, Soler M, Petrov DV. Raman Imaging of Floating Cells. Opt. Express 2005; 13: 6105-6110.
Singh GP, Creely CM, Volpe G, Grötsch H, Petrov DV. Real-time Detection of Hyperosmotic Stress Response in Optically Trapped Single Yeast cells using Raman Microspectroscopy. Anal. Chem. 2005; 77: 2564-2568.
Creely CM, Singh GP, Petrov DV. Dual wavelength optical tweezers for confocal Raman spectroscopy. Opt. Commun. 2005; 245: 465-470.
Volpe G, Singh GP, Petrov DV. Optical tweezers with cylindrical vector beams produced by optical fibers. Proc. SPIE 2004; 5514: 283-292.
Invited Talks and Oral presentations:
“MIT-Bayer Raman Blood Analyte Project Review Meeting”. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Oct 16, 2008.
“Non-invasive detection of blood analytes using Raman spectroscopy”. International Conference on Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy 2008, India. 24-28 Feb 2008.
“MIT-Bayer Raman Blood Glucose Research Meeting”. Bayer Healthcare, LLC, Tarrytown, NY. Nov 26, 2007.
“A single living cell in environmentally stress conditions: real-time study using Raman spectroscopy”. CLEO/Europe, World of Photonics Congress, Germany. 12-17 June 2005.
Conference presentations:
Barman I, Singh GP, Dasari RR, Feld MS. A novel Raman spectral correction scheme for quantitative analysis of blood analytes in turbidity media. Photonics West, San Jose, BIOS 2009.
Singh GP, Barman I, Kong CR, Dasari RR, Feld MS. Application of shifted excitation Raman difference technique for quantitative biological Raman spectroscopy. Gordon Research Conference: Vibrational Spectroscopy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. 3-8 Aug 2008. (Abstract)
Barman I, Singh GP, Dasari RR, Feld MS. Transcutaneous measurement of blood analyte concentration using Raman spectroscopy. Proc. ICOPVS-2008, Trivandrum, India.
Barman I, Singh GP, Dasari RR, Feld MS. Noninvasive Determination of Blood Glucose Concentration using Turbidity Corrected Raman spectroscopy. IAP/Annual Meeting, Spectroscopy Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, USA. 17 Jan 2008. (Poster)
Barman I, Singh GP, Dasari RR, Feld MS. Turbidity Corrected Raman Spectroscopy for enhanced blood analyte detection accuracy. LBRC Annual Report Research Highlights 2008.
Singh GP, Bechtel KL, Shih WC, Feld MS. Application of new quantitative Raman techniques to whole blood samples. Engineering Conferences International: Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery, Naples, FL. 10-14 June 2007. (Abstract)
Singh GP, Creely CM, Volpe G, Grötsch H, Petrov DV. A single living cell in environmentally stress conditions: real-time study using Raman spectroscopy. Proc. CLEO/Europe, World of Photonics Congress, Munich. 12-17 June 2005.
Petrov DV, Creely CM, Singh GP, Volpe G. Raman spectroscopy of single living cells sorted by optical tweezers. Proc. ICONO/LAT, St. Petersburgh, Russia. 2005.
Creely CM, Singh GP, Volpe G, Soler M, Thomson T, Petrov DV. Multiple beam Optical Tweezers for Spatially Resolved Raman Imaging. Proc. CLEO, Baltimore. 22-27 May 2005.
Creely CM, Singh GP, Volpe G, Petrov DV. Time resolved Raman microscopy imaging of human LnCaP cells. Focus on Microscopy 2005, Friedrich Schiller Univ. Jena, Germany. 20-23 March 2005.
Singh GP, Creely CM, Petrov DV. Hyperosmotic stress response in a yeast cell measured by dual optical tweezers Raman spectroscopy. XX Trobades Científiques de la Mediterrània, Maó, Menorca, Spain. 26-28 Sep 2004. (Poster)
Petrov DV, Quidant R, Badenes G, Creely CM, Singh GP, Torner L. Novel optical method for self assembled nanostructures. E-MRS 2004, Strasbourg, France. May 2004. (Poster)
Singh GP, Creely CM, Petrov DV. Raman Microspectroscopy of Trapped living cells. Jornanda Doctorials, Centre de Formació d’EADA, Collbató, Barcelona, Spain. 28 March to 3 April 2004. (Poster)
Singh GP. Raman spectroscopy of a single living cell. Biophotonics Summer school, Hven, Sweden. 15-21 June 2003. (Poster)
Reports in leading Newspapers and magazines:
Coblentz Society Newsletter, 2006.
El Pais, Page 29, Jan 4, 2006.
Biophotonics International, Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 53-54, May 2005.
Catalonia Today, Page 17, March 17, 2005.
El Pais, Page 31, July 7, 2004.
Optics and Photonics News, June 2004.
